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Michael Penn, a.k.a. ECHO, “The Prince”, is what you see & hear when mixing talent, determination, versatility & confidence.

Born on December 27th, 1990 in Miami, FL, his 18-year-old mother, attending college, knew it would be hard to raise a newborn on her own. Making her move back to N.E. Washington D.C. & Temple Hills, Maryland, ECHO was raised into a close-knit family of older cousins and Uncles. Until meeting his father, at the age of 8, his uncle David was more of his father figure teaching him the things a young man growing up needed to know. Around this time ECHO had many struggles going on in his life. Whether it was his living environments, or being raised by a single mother he began to put all his thoughts onto paper, with a rhyming scheme, that was witty and clever. Rapping to many of his peers around the neighborhood, entering & winning talent shows he began to gain confidence. But, with many friends & family members getting in trouble or locked up, including his uncle, his mother didn’t want him to go down that path so she made the decision to move him to Phoenix, Arizona.

Now at 18, ECHO has said, “The move to Arizona at first was a shock to me, but Im grateful for it because who knows what I would be doing back home right now. Moving here made me focused! I got a talent with this music that I want to show to the world & nothing will get in my way of that. I was that child that was told by people I wouldn’t be anything. My drive, determination is to prove everyone wrong”. With motivation like that, who could doubt that ECHO is on his way up. Even with doubters he is destined to shine!

“Following me now, is like a roller coaster ride because YOU don’t know how it’s going to turn out, but I do & I don’t want to have to say I told you so!”-ECHO

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